Dear Flexers,

 

In case some of you may have missed this,

the following was posted by John Buckley on the Leica Users Forum yesterday and I have forwarded

it to the LUG:

 

In the first six months of the current fiscal year, i.e. until September 
30, 2007, the Leica Camera AG Group (ISIN DE000A0EPU98) registered sales 
growth of 71.2 %, to EUR 88.8 million. Sales in the Photo segment grew by 
147.0 %, to EUR 62.6 million. The strong sales growth of digital compact 
cameras and the success of the digital rangefinder camera M8 are clearly in 
evidence here. Sales in the Sports optics segment have increased by 1.9 %, 
to EUR 16.4 million. 

Compared to the prior year period, Group net income/loss improved by EUR 
11.0 million to a net income of EUR 6.5 million. This enhanced performance 
is mainly due to the increase in sales. 

For fiscal year 2007/2008 Leica Camera Group aims at achieving a positive 
operating result and for the following fiscal years at further improving 
its performance. The precondition therefor is that the reorientation of the 
product portfolio and the implementation of the restructuring concept are 
continued according to plan.

28.11.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP